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Event, Serial input, etc.). A second dropdown menu or text field will appear. Specify the button or input you want to
correspond to the action.
Let’s say you want to define how to move
Up in the menu, and you want to use a keyboard event. In the dropdown list
across
Up, select Keyboard Input. A text field will appear below where you can specify a button. Type “U” here. Now,
when a user presses “U” on a keyboard, the cursor will move up along the menu items. You don’t need to define every
possible action. You can simply leave the dropdown list on the default
None. However, to create a more intuitive
experience between the user and menu, it might be best to define each possible action. The following actions can be
defined in the Navigation section:
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Up, Down, Left, Right: These are the primary actions a user will perform to navigate from one menu item to the
next.
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Enter: With this button, a user can select a menu item and transition to a state associated with that menu item.
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Back: Once a user presses the defined input for Enter on a menu item, a state you have chosen in the Menu
Items tab will play. However, if you define a Back button/input, the user can return to the menu at any point.
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Next clip: If a user is viewing a media file associated with a menu item, pressing the defined input for Next clip will
play the media file that corresponds to the next menu item.
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Previous clip: Pressing the defined input for Previous clip will stop the media file currently playing, and play the
media file associated with the previous menu item.
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Advanced: Click this arrow to add commands to your Interactive Menu. See
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for details. Here you can also store the background image in a cache. Check the checkbox to save the
background image for faster loading in the future.
Menu Items: In this tab, you will create the menu items and further specify how a user navigates across the menu.
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Menu Item Number: Every menu item has a unique menu item number. The first you create is 1, the second is 2,
and so on. Here, you can navigate between the menu items you have created by clicking the
Previous and Next
buttons. Everything else in the window corresponds to the menu item you have selected here.
The Menu Items section is where you can create and adjust individual menu items.